The Chef is back in the kitchen New Music From Raekwon “Son Of Sam” Hip-Hop grants most good MCs a three to five year shelf life, and that’s if they’re lucky. Meanwhile, Raekwon has been spitting for OGs and hustlers for upwards of 20 years. Credit that to his consistency and transparency. Let’s not forget his quality bars like the ones provided on his latest drop “Son Of Sam.” Read more at Hip Hop Wired
SMH New York Teacher Fined $10,000 For Allowing Student To Fight Bully In Class Via NYPost A Brooklyn teacher got so fed up with a notorious 8-year-old class bully that she taught him a lesson in street justice — having him stand in front of the class while his latest bullying victim “hit him back” for all the abuse. The kid clocked his tormenter — and the bully cried like a baby. “Well, that’s what you get,” the teacher told the wild child, according to Department of Education documents. DOE officials sought to can veteran PS 191 teacher Tamu Francis last year following the incident involving the bully. The aggressor was on top of his victim throwing punches when Francis pulled him off. After Francis got the two kids off the ground, that’s when she encouraged the victim to “hit him back,” say students at the Brownsville school. In addition to making the serves-you-right comment, Francis also was heard telling the boy, “When you act like a dog, you get treated like a dog,” according to the arbitrator who presided over her termination hearing. Francis denied the whole scenario other than the fight itself, saying that she tried to teach the whole class a lesson by asking the bully, “How would you like it if [he] was to hit you back?” She says the victim misunderstood her point and got in a quick jab to the gut before she could protect the boy — but arbitrator Lisa Brogan did not find her story credible. It didn’t help that Francis failed to report the incident to her superiors. “The behavior is extremely disturbing . . . At best, it was a horribly misguided attempt to teach a lesson about bullying,” wrote Brogan. “She exhibited extremely poor judgment and made an enormous blunder by trying to mete out a certain brand of justice for the class bully.” But because of the third- grade teacher’s 13 years with an unblemished record, she was hit with a $10,000 fine rather than booted last fall. We never knew teachers could be fined. Interesting. Image via Facebook
Nuns can be a little cray-cray too. Nun Faces 20 Years For Symbolic Break-In According to Raw Story An 83-year-old nun who broke into a Tennessee depleted uranium storage facility in 2012 and splashed human blood on several surfaces, exposing a massive security hole at the nation’s only facility used to store radioactive conventional munitions, was convicted Wednesday and faces a term of up to 20 years in prison. The only regret Sister Megan Rice shared with members of her jury on Wednesday was that she wished 70 years hadn’t passed before she took direct action, according to the BBC. She and two other peace activists, 64-year-old Michael Walli and 56-year-old Greg Boertje-Obed, were convicted of “invasion of a nuclear facility” in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, even though investigators admitted they did not get close to any actual nuclear material. The three activists are part of a group called “Transform Now Plowshares,” a reference to the book of Isaiah, which says, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares. They shall learn war no more.” All three face individual sentences of up to 20 years, along with a litany of fines. As they invaded the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, a perimeter fence was cut, several surfaces were spray-painted, banners were hung and activists read from the Bible. They also spread human blood on several surfaces, saying its use was symbolic, meant to remind people “of the horrific spilling of blood by nuclear weapons.” “The shortcomings in security at one of the most dangerous places on the planet have embarrassed a lot of people,” the activists’ attorney, Francis Lloyd, told members of the jury according to the BBC. “You’re looking at three scapegoats behind me.” Sister Rice has been arrested between 40 or 50 times committing acts of civil disobedience, according to The New York Times, including once in Nevada after she physically blocked a truck at a nuclear test site. “I believe we are all equally responsible to stop a known crime,” Sister Rice said from the witness stand, according to quotes published by her group. She called herself a “citizen of the world” and reportedly smiled as the verdict was read. Do you think she is a nut or hero?
Charles Ramsey, a Cleveland dishwasher who happened to be in the right place at the right time to help rescue Amanda Berry , has become a viral video star. In a WEWS-TV interview candidly and colorfully recounting how he found three missing women and freed them from captivity, Ramsey’s own words say it all: Charles Ramsey Interview Some of his best quotes: “I was sitting there, eating my McDonald’s. I heard screaming. I went outside and saw this girl going nuts trying to get out of her house.” “Bro, I knew something was wrong when a pretty little white girl ran into a black man’s arms. Something is wrong here.” “You’ve got some big testicles to pull this kind of thing off, bro, because we see this dude every day. I mean every day.” “There’s nothing exciting about him. Well, until today.” Soon after Ramsey helped Amanda Berry escape, police arrested three Cleveland kidnapping suspects , all brothers, in the high-profile abductions. The women vanished from 2002-2004 in separate incidents, but were all found alive Monday in a stunning story that has gained national attention. Ramsey, while just a side plot in the saga, nevertheless has been the talk of the web. He even inspired a number of Tweets from celebs in recent days: Actress Valerie Bertinelli: “I think I’m in love, Charles Ramsey. #Cleveland #Hero.” Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt: “Dear Charles Ramsey: I am not a little pretty white girl, but I totally want to run into your black arms. #hero.” McDonald’s: “Way to go Charles Ramsey – we’ll be in touch.”
No more teases. Selena Gomez has come right out with it. The truth about her and Justin Bieber ? HA! No. The full, official music video for “Come & Get It.” It features Selena giving the camera a few seductive glances, while we also see her lying in a grass field… getting rather personal with a few men… and even going topless in some water! For a change, however, Gomez is NOT donning the Bindi that got her in some trouble last month during a couple live performances. Watch now: Selena Gomez – “Come and Get It” (Music Video)
It’s safe to say Matt Kemp is anything but a sore loser. Sunday night, after getting swept by the San Francisco Giants, the Dodgers outfielder didn’t forget about a promise he made to third base coach Tim Wallach. Moments after the game, he made his way to the first row of stands because he had promised to sign an autograph for a terminally ill Dodgers fan, Joshua Jones. But Kemp ended up doing a lot more than that: Matt Kemp Gives Fan Uniform Taking off his cap, jersey and cleats, the 28-year-old baseball superstar handed them all to this 19-year-old suffering from inoperable brain tumors. “I was in shock,” Jones said in a phone interview Tuesday. “I was sitting there thinking, ‘I can’t believe he’s doing this.’” Asked about the incident, Kemp didn’t even make a big deal of it. “I didn’t plan on taking the jersey off, but it’s something I felt would probably cheer him up a little bit … and that was my first time taking my shoes off in front of the fans,” he told reporters. “But life is so much bigger than baseball.”
It’s safe to say Matt Kemp is anything but a sore loser. Sunday night, after getting swept by the San Francisco Giants, the Dodgers outfielder didn’t forget about a promise he made to third base coach Tim Wallach. Moments after the game, he made his way to the first row of stands because he had promised to sign an autograph for a terminally ill Dodgers fan, Joshua Jones. But Kemp ended up doing a lot more than that: Matt Kemp Gives Fan Uniform Taking off his cap, jersey and cleats, the 28-year-old baseball superstar handed them all to this 19-year-old suffering from inoperable brain tumors. “I was in shock,” Jones said in a phone interview Tuesday. “I was sitting there thinking, ‘I can’t believe he’s doing this.’” Asked about the incident, Kemp didn’t even make a big deal of it. “I didn’t plan on taking the jersey off, but it’s something I felt would probably cheer him up a little bit … and that was my first time taking my shoes off in front of the fans,” he told reporters. “But life is so much bigger than baseball.”
You should never hit a woman . Joe Francis Convicted Of Assault According to TMZ “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis has just been found guilty of assault — and a slew of other charges — after attacking a woman in his Hollywood mansion back in 2011. The L.A. City Attorney just made the announcement … Francis was convicted on five charges total, including assault, three counts of false imprisonment, and one count of dissuading a witness from reporting. Francis was charged back in 2011 after three women accused him of taking them to his Hollywood home — following a night out — and refusing to let them leave. He was also accused of attacking one of the women, choke-slamming her head into his tile floor. Francis faces up to 5 years in jail. A sentencing scheduling hearing is set for this week. Good riddance. Should we be surprised? He makes money off of exploiting young women on a daily basis. Nobody should be shocked that he put his hands on a woman.
Premium cable sure knows how to make history fun, with period pieces bringing us 100% of the TV T&A this week. First up we had Laura Haddock continuing her reign of rackage with the fourth sighting of her stiff-tipped swingers on Da Vinci’s Demons . Holliday Grainger ’s glutes made another sweet appearance on Showtime’s The Borgias , and Mad Men pushed the limit of side-boob once again with a great shot of the overhead compartments on stewardess Danielle Panabaker . That’s a lot better than free peanuts! See pics after the jump!